History Lessons, Meeker

History Lessons – The Meeker Cemetery, Pt. 1

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I wanted to title this series as “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Cemeteries” by Digger O’Dell. Digger O’Dell was a character in the 1945 radio program and later TV series, “The Life of Riley.” He was known as the Friendly Undertaker who quipped morbid puns. His exit line was “Cheerio, I’d better be… shoveling off.” I want to write a series of articles on the cemeteries of Rio Blanco. Before I can do that,…

2 Comments

  1. Alan Oldland
    April 11, 2024 at 5:54 am

    I believe the reference to Richard Lyttle is incorrect. I believe this should be James Lyttle if this happened in the 1800″s.

  2. Niki Turner
    April 11, 2024 at 11:19 am

    You are correct! I should have caught that.

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